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OCT 6-9 www.driftlessfilmfestival.org [email protected] 2011 Guide Welcome to DFF! Cast & Crew

Th e Dr i f t l e s s Fi l m Fe s t i v a l i s Nicholas Langholff...... Founder a new regional film festival with a focus on independent films from around the Darren Burrows...... Founder world. Our mission is not only to bring unique cinema to Driftless residents, Jeremy Patnaude...... Founder but to encourage people from outside the Driftless area to come discover Philip Mrozinski...... Executive & Artistic Director its many historic theaters and venues while experiencing one of the most Brendan Thain Jones...... Assistant Director unique and beautiful regions in the Midwest. DFF will take place in Bara- Cheryl Greer...... Website, Design, & Marketing boo, Mineral Point, Platteville, Richland Center, Spring Green and in Viroqua on Julia Schaffer...... Festival Coordinator October 6–9. Filmmakers and actors will be on hand for nearly every film at Brent Notbohm...... Education Director this year’s festival. For more information please visit us at www.driftlessfilmfestival.org or follow us on Facebook.

Nicholas Langholff, a Madison-based independent film producer and actor Darren Burrows, best known for his role as Ed on Northern Exposure, founded the DFF to increase interest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in independent films and to enrich the movie-going experience by providing The Driftless Film Festival would like to thank the following institutions and individuals for their support face-to-face interaction with the filmmakers. Baraboo Chamber of Commerce Mineral Point Chamber of Commerce We have a diverse slate of films on tap ranging from short films, documenta- Platteville Chamber of Commerce ries, horror movies, dramas, and anima- tion. Although we’ll have movies on Richland Center Chamber of Commerce hand from around the world, the DFF Spring Green Chamber of Commerce always places a special focus on Made in Wisconsin films. Screenings will be Viroqua Chamber Main Street held in every town on each day of the House on the Rock Inn & Resort festival, so you can choose to take in the DFF from one place, or travel the American Players Theater beautiful Driftless countryside to catch Atomic Ice a show! Special thanks to Joy Gieseke, Mineral Point Chamber director, for her grant writing expertise Ritch Wedeking & Kerry Shaw Brown of Rascals & Rogues for creating the DFF theatrical trailer. Dr i f t l e s s Fi l m Fe s t i v a l ’s 2011 v e n u e s a r e Duane & Michele Deyoung, State Theatres, LLC The Mineral Point Opera House, the Andreas Wagner, Brent Notbohm, John Kelly, Sophia DeVita, Paul Bentzen, Liston Audio, Tilt Media and Avalon in Platteville, Baraboo’s Al Acadia Books for creating the DFF online trailer. Ringling Theatre, the Gard in Spring Green, Optimo Cafe in Viroqua, and the Sarah Bartash, Debra Bauer, Dawn Eno, Kathy Kopp, Clair McNamara, Joe Hart, Brian Heller, Tony Macaset, City Auditorium in Richland Center will Liz Nevers, Kyle Lavore, Valorie Schaefer, Richard Bock, Sarah Hesch, Andreas Wagner, Ian Lueck, Sarah be hosting the festival in their historic Ronnevik, Mary Jo Fortney, Norbert Calnin, Lee Horner, Brian Pittman, Coleman, Phil Greer, Ralph Kluse- theaters. Some of these theaters have undergone extensive restorations, man, Dave Decker, MaryAnn McKenna and all of our great volunteers! making them showplaces for the With Special Thanks to Our Sponsor community. Others are in the beginning stages of fundraising to begin restoration. All of them are valuable assets and each community is looking forward to bringing more people into their auditoriums and building attention to these historically significant cultural centers.

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and THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM FEATURE FILMS ... and where else to recruit help but at the local bar! This LOVE AND VALOR: THE INTIMATE CIVIL WAR LETTERS ABSENCE/PRESENCE soon-to-be Christmas classic is a delightful blend of holiday Director: Charles Larimer Director: Jed Schlegelmilch gore and zombie cheer, guaranteed to bring a smile to Starring: Brian Pittman, Ann Cejka your face when you’re not turning away in disgust- just like Narrated by: Brian Dennehy Time to talk about the unspeakable, understand the unex- holidays with the family. plainable. Time to look back to move forward. A tremendously moving story of a Union soldier and his Sometimes the journey to a happy ending means treading Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our wife during the Civil War, Love & Valor, The Intimate Civil through the sorrows of our past. Join a man as he spends 10 Time War Letters is based on the book of the same name. Ritner, days revisiting an unimaginable horror from his childhood Director: Steve and Ann Dunsky a Union captain from Iowa, was a teacher, farmer and for the first time. Nearly 17 years after his brother’s death, abolitionist before the war. The movie tells of their devotion Absence/Presence is the truly raw, emotional and ultimately The first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever to each other, patriotism, loneliness, anguish at the death of life affirming experience that comes from finding the cour- made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold, loved ones, and slavery. Emeline raising four small children, age to stare into the depth of the most devastating event of Green Fire highlights Leopold’s extraordinary career, tracing managing the family farm, dealing with other women in your life and still ache to know more. how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental town. Jacob witnessing death of family and friends, par- movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring proj- ticipating in great adventure, seeing new lands, changing ANGELS & GOBLINS ects all over the country that connect people and land. views on the South. Director: Cole James Meredith Starring: Jackie Kolenko GHOST PLAYER LOVELY BY SURPRISE Director: Joe Scherrmann Writer/Director : Kirt Gunn Sarah Lambert is a semi-famous actress fleeing her career Starring: Carrie Preston, Dallas Roberts and fortune in L.A., returning home after many years to rec- In 1989, Hollywood went to Iowa to shoot the FIELD of oncile relationships with her friends and family. She returns DREAMS. Little did anyone know this blockbuster would A truly unique and visually stunning take on meta-fiction, to find a city on the brink of collapse, filled with mysterious spawn a comedic baseball show starring local ballplay- Lovely By Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian figures and lost souls who wander the streets like ghosts. ers that would have an 18 year run and travel the world. Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel. Facing the But there is something sinister slithering under the skin of GHOST PLAYER tells the story of how this zany team and age-old problem of writer’s block, Marian seeks advice from these people, something which may cause Sarah to face her baseball moved audiences around the world and changed a mentor and ex-lover. His seemingly innocent advice to past in a way she could have never imagined ... the players’ lives forever. From Dyersville, we follow the kill the book’s protagonist unleashes chaos in her life as a Ghost Players around the world as warm hearted, comedic willful protagonist escapes from her novel and appears in ASH ambassadors of the best that the American Heartland has the unresolved corners of her past. Director/Writer: Tom Geraty to offer – baseball, tomfoolery, and good old-fashioned Starring: Tim Decker, Stephanie Brown family fun. AN ORDINARY FAMILY Director: Mike Akel Hidden deep within the heart and memory of a devoted IF A TREE FALLS Starring: Troy Schremmer, Greg Wise family man named Dan McBurney resides a dark and pain- Director: Marshall Curry ful secret. When this man discovers a child-abductor lives AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one in a house across the the street from his storage facility, a In December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Fed- family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas door is opened to his haunted past and hopeful future, and eral agents in a nationwide sweep of radical environmental- Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, vigilantism walks in. ists involved with the Earth Liberation Front-- a group the shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… FBI has called America’s “number one domestic terrorism with his boyfriend. Despite a well meaning attempt to BALLHAWKS threat.” For years, the ELF—operating in separate anony- surprise everyone, things do not go as planned, throwing Director: Mike Diedrich mous cells without any central leadership—had launched Thomas and the family into an awkward weeklong vacation Starring: Narrated by Bill Murray spectacular arsons against dozens of businesses they where everyone has problems and no one wants to talk accused of destroying the environment: timber companies, about them. Ballhawks is the story of the men who chase baseballs and SUV dealerships, wild horse slaughterhouses, and a $12 dreams on the streets outside Wrigley Field. For almost a million ski lodge at Vail, Colorado. PRO WRESTLER century, an ever-changing cast of characters has patrolled Director: Kenneth Johnson Sheffield and Waveland, tracking down batting practice and INCREDIBLY SMALL home run balls that clear the bleacher grandstand. For the Director/Writer: Dean Peterson So what exactly is “real” and “fake” in the world of profes- men who do it, Ballhawking has a unique and compelling Starring: Stephen Gurewitz, Susan Burke sional wrestling? Yes it does label itself as a legitimate sport, draw: every so often, a ball leaves the bat of a major league but it actuality the matches are predetermined and most of ballplayer and clears the fence to land in the glove of a Anne and Amir are an unlikely pair. Amir is an escalator the moves are planned out. So does that necessarily mean “regular” fan, making him - for that one instant - part of the attendant by day and aspiring sculptor by night. Even that all of wrestling is “fake?” Follow Kenny Johnson, during game. though he has never sculpted anything before, he hopes to his directorial debut, as he embeds himself in the world of one day fulfill his lifelong dream of making a marble bust independent professional wrestling. Along the way, he tells BONSAI PEOPLE of Charles Barkley. Anne comes from a well-to-do family the stories of five unique performers at very different points Director: Holly Mosher and just started law school where she spends most of her in their careers and lives. Discover what is real to them and days studying. Against the odds they decide to move into why they do it. What if you could harness the power of the free market to a shabby 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? together. RHYTHM OF THE RIVER Bonsai People celebrates Nobel Peace Prize winner Mu- Director: Dave Erickson hammed Yunus’ extraordinary humanitarian work, which THE INTERRUPTORS started when he simply lent $27 to 42 people out of his Director: Steve James Rhythm of the River is a documentary about life along the own pocket. As the founder of Grameen Bank, Yunus pio- lower Wisconsin River, originally filmed for public television. neered microcredit, the innovative banking program that The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of The DFF screening will include 30 minutes that will not be provides poor people – mainly women – with small loans three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago seen on TV, including the story of APT coming to Spring they use to launch businesses and lift their families out of communities from the violence they once employed. Green in 1980, cedar strip canoe building by Dave Roeder, poverty. In the past thirty years, microcredit has spread to From acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and fish art by Bill Weege and Port Andrew’s Tippesaukee, every continent and benefited over 100 million families. bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually founded 1838, the oldest European settlement in Richland intimate journey into the stubborn persistence of violence County. In addition to Tippesaukee, downriver residents A CADAVER CHRISTMAS in our cities. will see local highlights of the river such as the Blue River Director/Writer: Joseph Zerull Barrens. Starring: Daniel Rairdin-Hale, Yosh Hayashi LIGHT: THE FATHER JAY SAMONIE DOCUMENTARY Produced and Directed by THE RIVER WHY Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Lab, Ritch Wedeking and Paul Schmaltz Director: Matthew Leutwyler not a creature was stirring, except for the cadavers!’ When a Starring: Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, William Hurt biology professor’s Christmas Eve experiment goes horribly The incredible true-life story of Father Jay Samonie, a awry, it’s up to the university’s janitor to mop up the mess... Detroit priest whose extraordinary experiences helped Set on the banks of a wild river, The River Why is the story But dealing with the undead may be a job even the best develop a unique and controversial mystical philosophy. of 20 year old Gus Orviston, the Mozart of flyfishing, who janitor can’t keep under control… With daily communications from his spirit guides, Father Jay leaves his big city home in was directed down a unique path. feature Films River Why Cont’d. UNFORGETTABLE Where Soldiers Come From, Cont’d. leaves his big city home in rebellion from his family to live Writer/Director : Eric Williams friends, forever changed by a faraway war. A documentary in a secluded cabin on the banks of a wild river. Instead of Starring: Brad Williams about growing up, WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM is an finding fishing bliss, his desolation drives him on a reluctant intimate look at the young men who fight our wars and the quest for self-discovery. In the process he comes in contact Unforgettable follows the memorable adventures of Brad families and town they come from. Returning to her home- with an assortment of eccentric characters who help him in Williams, dubbed “the human Google” by Good Morn- town, Director Heather Courtney gains extraordinary access his journey to adulthood. ing America, only the second person ever studied for an following these young men as they grow and change from teenagers stuck in their town, to 23-year-old veterans fac- SAWDUST CITY ing the struggles of returning home. Director: David Nordstrom Starring: David Nordstrom, WRESTLING FOR JESUS Carl McLaughlin, Lee Lynch. Director: Nathan Clarke

Fresh out of the Navy, Pete Wrestling For Jesus is an upcoming documentary to be Church returns to his home- released in 2011. A man from rural South Carolina tries town on Thanksgiving to track to find solace from the demons of his past by starting a down an alcoholic father he Christian professional wrestling league. His goal is to use hasn’t seen in years. Unable to wrestling to evangelize his neighbors. However his passion pick up the scent on his own, and vision for his ministry are tested when his personal life he calls his older brother Bob begins to disintegrate. who has remained in town building a business and a family. The estranged siblings hit a series of old bars, but short Films while Pete is intent on finding their father, Bob just wants to drink and reconnect with ALONE TOGETHER his little brother. Along the Director: Marc Kornblatt way, they’re joined by Gene, a The sign in the woods reads, “Bird Nesting Habitat. Your barroom hustler. He promises Zach Gilford in The River Why presence can disturb nesting bird success. Please stay on to lead the brothers to their father (as long as they buy the extremely detailed autobiographical memory for events designated trails and boardwalks.” John and Karla, having beer). Desperate, they accept Gene’s half-cocked guidance both global and personal, monumental and trivial. Give crossed paths on the internet, travel from different ends of through the small town dives. As the quest falters, the Brad a date within his lifetime and he can tell you the day of America to meet in the Midwest. drinking increases; old grievances arise, and the brothers the week, the major news of the day, even what was on TV must face the past and each other. and what he ate. AMERICAN SWAN IN PARIS Director: Arantxa Aguirre SWEET LITTLE LIES Screenwriter/filmmaker Eric Williams follows his brother The famous ballet company Béjart Ballet Lausanne (BBL) Director: William J. Saunders Brad’s journey through one eventful year, as media cover- prepares for the premiere in the Palais Garnier in Paris. Two Starring: Caitlin Kinnunen, Bill Sage Joseph Montes age of his rare mental gifts makes Brad an unlikely celebrity, dance couples will perform on alternate evenings in the vaulting him from small-town anonymity to sudden midlife opening duet. One of the dancers is the American ballerina Bess, a lonely, rebellious trailer park teen, steals a car and notoriety. Kathleen Thielhelm, who was born and brought up in Wis- makes a desperate journey from Kansas to Vegas in search consin, and is the central character in the movie. After nine of a father she never knew. Her trip takes her deep into the VALLEY MAKER years dancing in Chicago with the Joffrey Ballet, she has seedy underbelly of America where she encounters an array Director: Sean Kafer just arrived to Europe and this show means a great chance of lost-souls, deadbeats and con men, and learns that family for her. All is set for the premiere, but then the unexpected can be found in the oddest of places. After completing the construction of a hand crafted barrel happens… raft, filmmaker Sean Kafer travels 1600 miles down the TRAIN TO NOWHERE Mississippi River from Prescott, Wisconsin to New Orleans. ARBEITER VERLASSEN DIE FABRIK (GERMANY) Director: Paul Kakert & Colleen Bradford Krantz Capturing Middle America’s backwaters, Valley Maker com- Director: Anna Linke bines documentary and personal travelogue. The film is a In remembrance of the Lumiere Brothers: Karin works in a One sealed railcar…eleven dead bodies. chronological trip of living postcards compiled of forgotten metal factory where she spends day after day, performing When the bodies of eleven Central Americans and Mexicans places and present life on the big river. the same monotonous tasks. When a new worker begins his were found inside a freight car in Denison, Iowa, the nation job in the factory, it seems to be the end of this drab life. He took notice. Reporters descended on the small farming not only likes Karin but also the strange metal figurines she community, searching for information about how and why VANISHING OF THE BEES secretly builds before her workday starts. this group ended up inside a locked railcar, where they Director: George Langworthy & Maryam Henein would die horrific deaths. Producer: Holly Mosher ARTSPACE - Animated Director: CeCe Chen TRAMPOLINE Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the Vancouver Film School: A frustrated artist finds his solace Director: Mark Wojahn planet, literally vanishing from their hives. with a phone call home. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has TRAMPOLINE is a vulnerable and intimate story of a family brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for BADEN KRUNK in Minnesota being torn apart by the stress of their daily producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries Director: Tony Wood lives. Their world is a roller coaster of teen parties, third- and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial Baden Krunk (Bad Luck) is the hilarious tale of accordion- degree burns, unemployment, drugs, and marital strife. honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out ist Hans Hinklemeier,; a man with a dark cloud of bad luck The central character is the mother, Osla, whose pluck and of every three bites of food on our tables. Vanishing of the hanging over every waking minute of his life. Shot in a spirit and will to protect her children helps them rise and Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg black and white, pseudo-expressionistic style, Baden Krunk overcome their circumstances. and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy was this year’s big winner at the 2011 48 Hour Film Project and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. The film in Madison, WI. TURKEY BOWL (W) explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead Director: Kyle Smith their case on Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean BATHING AND THE SINGLE GIRL in the quest to protect their honeybees. Director: Christine Elise McCarthy Every summer, Jon gathers 10 friends together in his ad- Single, in her thirties and experiencing an extended opted city of Los Angeles to play the Turkey Bowl – bringing WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM romantic drought this lady decides she needs to broaden a piece of small-town tradition to the urban sprawl – all for Director: Heather Courtney her ideas of who might make a suitable boyfriend. Once the beloved prize for the winning team… a turkey. Friend- offended by her grandmother’s advice to “overlook a little” ships flare and fade, jealousy is met with both laughter and From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the she feels desperate times call for desperate measures. But pain, old and unrequited love threatens to remain old and mountains of Afghanistan and back, WHERE SOLDIERS just how desperate is she? unrequited. COME FROM follows the four-year journey of childhood short Films BEHIND - Animated HITS, Cont’d. OFF INTO SPACE Director: Ga young Back around. The short film, made by students of the Wisconsin Director: Anna Jung Vancouver Film School: A young girl discovers that her best Film School, from a script by Tom Dunn of the Wisconsin One guy, one night, one unbelievable catch. In this light- friend is behind her. Screenwriters Forum, looks at superstition, exploitation and hearted mini-doc, we follow Mike Pantazis, the Chicago the all-American game of baseball. super-fan who garnered national media attention with his BIRTH DAY famed 1995 leap from the stands of Soldier Field. A tele- Director: Juan Riedinger IF ONLY - Animated vised Bears/Packers showdown with over 42 million view- Vancouver Film School: A birthday not to remember. Director: Ilan Srulovicz ers, the stunt earned Mike a place in Monday Night Football Vancouver Film School: A man at the end of his life, remem- history, the coveted ESPY award and a seat on Letterman. BLACK EARTH bers what he has pushed away. Director: James T. Warbington POWER TRIO - Animated A Zombie Apocalypse has begun in the Village of Black JACK GOES DOWN HARD Director: Eric J. Nelson Earth, Wisconsin. But two outcast rednecks with a 12 pack Director: Brendan Jones Intergalactic plastic musicians give their half-inch arms a of beer a baseball bat and a boat paddle plan to save their Jack Goes Down Hard is a short format film that follows two workout in an out-of-this-world performance. Animated home town and the world....one beer at a time. school bus drivers that are good friends and dig underage by Madison-based filmmaker, Eric J. Nelson. Music by chicks. ViBRATiONLAND. CAMPUS COPS Director: Nathan Brown LAST WORDS OF THE HOLY GHOST RED PRINCESS BLUES Veteran campus cops Donnelly and Davidson thought they Directed by: Ben Sharony Director: Alex Ferrari had seen the worst of the streets...but that was before some Besotted with the precocious and sexy Rose, 14-year-old In this twisted modern day fairy tale ZOE, a young teenage punk kid decided the bicycle safety laws at Felker College Harold agrees to be re-baptized in her North Carolina girl, is lured into an after hours carnival tent by the sleazy mean jack squat. Now it’s personal. church and to speak in tongues in order to win a date with rock n roll carney RIMO, she then gets more then she bar- her. He gets the date, but things don’t go as well as he had gained for. It is up to the mysterious PRINCESS, the star of DARKWAYS hoped. A bittersweet coming-of-age story about love, loss, the new knife show at ROSCOE’S CARNIVAL & FREAK SHOW Director: William Q. Hartin and survival. to pull her out of the wolf’s den that she has fallen into. Dark Ways tells the terrifying story of Nell, a precocious ten- year old girl with a love of young adult horror books, and LITTLE HERO - Animated RIGAMORTIS: A ZOMBIE LOVE STORY her father Robert, as they settle the haunted estate of Rob- Director: Kim Savory Director: Ted Campbell & Dave Dewes ert’s deceased older brother Carlson. Nell helps her father Vancouver Film School: A boy finds comfort in his imagina- After humanity quells an undead uprising, the last two as he goes through Carlson’s strange and eerie belongings. tion. remaining zombies pair up in search of sanctuary, but At night though, the house reveals an unsettling presence instead find love. to Nell, one that could prove to be sinister...or good. MALL CHURCH Director: Stephen Crompton RIDIN’ DOWN FROM DEPTH OF DREAMS Mall Church explores the growing trend of churches open- Director: Ben Zeller Director: Kyle Lavore ing for business in shopping malls throughout the Midwest. A cowboy noir picture that tracks three mismatched ne’er Starring: Robb Thompson, Victoria Yakoleva Through malls in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and the do wells as they follow Preach in robbing a bank and high Charles Vonder is haunted by the thoughts of his murdered churches within them, the film reveals the strange synergy tailing it to Mexico, and the steely-eyed sheriff who is wife. As his search to the mystery of his wife’s killer unravels, that seems to exist between places of worship and of retail relentless in his pursuit. he soon finds out the answer is more then he could bargain in the era of the dying mall. for. SHELDON MONIKA (DENMARK) Producers: Andreas Frisch, Jeremy Slutskin DONA COROQUINHA - Animated Director: Christian Werner Sheldon Shellstein is fired from the starring role on his hit Director: Diogo Nii Cavalcanti Barely out of her teens, dependent on her family and children’s program after a scandalous video surfaces on Vancouver Film School: A woman attempts to cross a busy extremely nearsighted, Monika, 20, desperately wants the web. An overnight fall from grace follows: divorce, street. to pass her driving test. She undertakes a risky eye laser bankruptcy, public scorn and humiliation. SHELDON picks operation which fails and she loses her sight. Her fragile up several years later when a documentary crew begin’s DONKEY (UK) mother cracks under the strain of seeing her daughter blind documenting Sheldon’s painstaking climb out of the gutter Director: Keir Burrows and defenseless. Through this Monika shows her own inner as he makes the rounds of the washed-up celebrity circuit. A narrated short about a successful young banker, whose strength and fights for her independence. She discovers a life is going according to script. but whose encounter with new sensual connection to the outside world and discovers THE VIOLINIST a man he bullied when they were both younger causes him a balance between disability and autonomy. Director: Carlo Vinnie Beasasie to reflect on his priorities. Michael, a down on his luck, love-less bag boy, learns that MY LIFE BY WATER world-famous, concert violinist, Nicholas Rentz is going to FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Director: Brent Notbohm be performing for a few nights in his home town. Bearing Director: Eric Heisner My Life by Water: Lorine Niedecker is a cinematic inter- a resemblance to the musician (a well-known bachelor Former Texas Ranger, Jacob Matthau goes in pursuit of pretation of a selection of poetry by renowned Wisconsin with female fans around the globe), Michael hatches an Bandits that robbed and killed a payroll guard. The journey author Lorine Niedecker. Once named “America’s Greatest elaborate plan to impersonate him with the hope that he takes him to the Mexican border and outside the law. Unknown Poet,” this short experimental film explores Nie- can trick a woman or two into thinking he’s the genuine decker’s life through her poetry, photographs, and images article, and get lucky. GATES OF LODORE of the place she spent much of her life, Blackhawk Island in Producer: Victor Zorba Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. SHC A high water journey through the Lodore Canyon of the Director: Robb Thompson Green River, exploring the cultural, geologic, hydraulic, and NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIE CHICKEN - Animated Anxiety pervades the photography, editing, and score of rafting aspects of the river, with an original score. 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Atomic Ice , 148 High Street. 608.987.0300 Brewery Creek Brewpub 23 Commerce Street 608.987.3298 THE MINERAL POINT OPERA HOUSE Cafe Four , 20 Commerce St. 608.987.2030 Dedicated in 1915 as the “Theater for All the People,” that description still holds true. Built in 1914, Grey Dog Deli, 215 High St. it is one of a disappearing breed of small town cultural centers. Claude and Stark, an influential Madi- 608.987.4000 son architectural firm, designed a vaudeville house that in its early days attracted touring artists who Midway Bar & Grill, 140 High Street presented first class entertainment to an enthusiastic community. With a balcony and two boxes, the 608.987.4309 auditorium originally seated over 700 spectators who were treated to live drama, grand opera and Pointer Cafe, 809 Ridge St symphonic music. 608.987.3733 Red Rooster Cafe , 158 High Street An equally enthusiastic community has watched as this magnificent old theater has recently been re- 608.987.9936 stored to its original grandeur. New electric, plumbing, fire protection, restored plasterwork, and deco- Zian’s Chinese Restaurant rative arts painting have breathed new life into our Opera House. This amazing transformation, led by a 615 Ridge St. dedicated group of community volunteers, has been made possible with generous private contributions 608.987.2626 and support from the City. The Mineral Point Opera House Grand Re-opening was celebrated in April 2010, marking the completeion of the Initial Phase of its Attractions restoration. The Shake Rag Alley Center for Thanks to grants and generous donors, the theater the Arts offers hands-on workshops throughout the year for all ages. now boasts updated heating and air conditioning, www.shakeragalley.com a long-overdue sprinkler system, historically accurate Orchard Lawn/The Gundry House seating, glorious plasterwork and decorative arts paint- A glimpse into the lives of a 19th ing by the original group from the theater’s inception. century merchant family www.mineralpointhistory.org This part of the project is only the beginning. MPOH Mineral Point Railroad Depot Mu- still has a long way to go. Phase Two includes refur- seum A look at the railroading history bishing the dressing rooms and replacing the sound, of the area. lighting and rigging systems. Phase Three will make www.mineralpointrailroads.com the outside look as grand as the inside. Pendarvis Historic Site Tour a restored historic mining settlement We need more help to keep this beauty alive! www.pendarvishistoricsite.org

www.mpoh.org Hotels platteville Country Inn of Platteville 630 S. Water St. 608-348-7373 The community of Platteville began in 1827 when the first miners clustered around the lead Super 8 Motel mines near the creek, among them John Hawkins Rountree, the “father” of Platteville. First 100 Hwy 80-81 S 608-348-8800 known as the Platte River Digs, the village grew with the addition of a furnace for smelting lead ore and a store. According to one account, “the town site was really a thicket of hazel bush with Mound View Motel most of the buildings along the road running from Rountree’s residence to his furnace. 1755 US 151 608-348-9518 Today, Platteville offers “big city” lodging and dining choices at small town prices. The largest community in Grant County, Platteville is a great regional retail center, with a wide variety of unique shopping choices. Platteville is bursting with history, art and theater, beautiful archi- B&Bs tecture, antique shops and more. Experience our historic shopping district located on Main Dorsey B&B Street in downtown Platteville. A truly wonderful shopping experience awaits you as you stroll 130 N. Hickory St. 608-348-9229 through the various gift shops and unique retail stores. There is a wide variety of options for dining and entertainment as well. A number of highway businesses offer other shopping opportunities also. We offer the charm of a small town that has pristine vistas, Dining colorful history and unlimited choices Take 2 Restaurant 111 Millennium Dr. 608-348-9939 THE AVALON THEATRE Steve’s Pizza/Perfect Pint 175 W Main St. In 1930 the Tracy family opened a state of the art movie theatre. Known as 608-348-3136 the Avalon . Like the other movie theatres of the day it was a large single screen movie palace. The Avalon closed its doors in 1990. A group of Pizzeria Uno’s & the Annex concerned Platteville residents decided to try and revive the old theatre. 155 W Hwy 151 608-348-7808 They eventually formed Building Platteville Inc. and proceeded to raise Fiesta Cancun money needed to renovate and remodel this historic building that had been 105 W Business Hwy 151 so important to the life of a small rural community. They were successful and 608-348-2735 in 1994 the Avalon reopened as a modern tri-plex. The people of Platteville have a theatre that the entire community can be proud of and call their own. Attractions

The Mining Museum traces development of lead and zinc mining in the Upper Mississippi Valley Platteville highlights Lead-Zinc District using artifacts, models, dioramas, and photographs. The Driftless Market - Local Food, Deli, & art For a hands-on experience, visitors can tour underground in the 1845 Bevans The Driftless Market is a full service local and natural foods Lead Mine and ride above ground in grocery located in the historic Main Street district of Platteville, ore cars pulled by a 1931 zinc mine WI. Stop in for fresh daily deli lunch offerings, natural and organic locomotive. foods, and a wide selection of arts and crafts from local artisans! www.driftlessmarket.com/ Rollo Jamison Museum Rollo Jamison was born in Beetown, Potosi Brewery WI in 1899 and started collecting arrowheads on the family farm as a Located 20 miles from Platteville in Potosi, WI, the historica Potosi boy. Rollo Jamison’s collection grew to Brewing company is the home of the National Brewery Museum, more than 20,000 items that illustrate as well as offering brewery tours, and of course samples of everyday life of the people residing in Potosi’s own beers! The on-site brew pub is open for lunch and dinner. www.potosibrewery.com Southwest Wisconsin. You can come see many of these items at the Rollo Ja- Rural Route 1 popcorn mison Museum on a self-guided tour, including carriages, farm implements, Rural Route 1 Popcorn, founded in 1983, is your source for gourmet treats made from locally-grown corn. military items, small town business, In addition to the standard varieties of white and yellow popcorn, Rural Route 1 popcorn is available in a home life, education, music, and many wide assortment of ready-to-eat flavors. The most popular specialty is Ivory Almond K’Nuckle, a creamy others antique pieces. medley of popcorn, almonds and luscious white fudge. A visit to the Rural Route 1 Popcorn Shop is truly a mouthwatering experience. Samples of the uniquely blended and flavored popcorn are available, and featured in the shop are such delicacies as Cherry Cheesecake, Caramel Deluxe with pecans and Cheesy Ranch popcorn. www.ruralroute1.com screening schedule

AL RINGLING THEATRE 136 Fourth Ave. Baraboo WI 608-356-8864 www.alringling.com

AVALON THEATER MINERALtic POINTke OPERAts & HOUSE 95 E. Main St. 139 High St. Platteville WI pMineralasses Point WI 608-348-5006 608-987-3501 www.plattevillemovies.com www.mpoh.org on sale at all venue box offices and THE GARD THEATER www.driftlessfilmfestival.orgrichland center 111 E. Jefferson St. city auditorium Spring Green WI 182 North Central Ave. 608-588-9007 IndividualRichland Center Tickets WI $6 608-649-3456 All-Festivalwww.rebuildthedream.org 4 Day Pass $22 MINERAL POINT OPERA HOUSE 139 High St. Mineral Point WI 608-987-3501 www.mpoh.org Filmmakers will be appearing in person for Q&A sessions after richland center city auditorium many of our screenings! 182 North Central Ave. Richland Center WI 608-649-3456 www.rebuildthedream.org BARABOO MINERAL POINT PLATTEVILLE

7:00pm Opening Night THURSDAY Program * Shorts plus Feature: Turkey Bowl

3:00p European Shorts Program *

7 :00pm Incredibly Small w/ 6:00p Vanishing of The Bees 7 :00pm Green Fire w/short FRIDAY short film Artspace w/short Behind film My Life By Water

9 :15pm Trampoline w/short 8:15pm An Ordinary Family 9:15pm Comedy & Zombie film Dona Coroquinha w/short film If Only Shorts Program *

12:00pm Incredibly Small w/ 12:00pm Ghost Players w/

short Artspace short film Hits

3:00pm Midwest Shorts Pro- 2:00pm Trampoline w/short 2:00pm Love & Valour w/short gram * film Dona Coroquinha film If Only

7:00pm Vanishing of The Bees 4:30pm Ballhawks w/short 4:30pm Where Soldiers Come SATURDAY w/short film Behind film Off Into Space From

7 :00pm Rythm of The River 9:15pm Comedy & Zombie 7:00pm The Interruptors & American Players Theater Shorts Program Documentary

9:15pm Cadaver Christmas w/ 9:30pm Sahkanaga short film Red Princess Blues

1 :00pm The River Why w/ 12:00pm Ash w/short film 12:00pm Sweet Little Lies w/ short film If Only Little Hero short film Little Heroes

4 :00pm Greenfire w/short 2:30pm Light w/short film 2:30pm Pro Wrestler film My Life By Water Last Words Of The Holy Ghost SUNDAY 5:00pm Sawdust City w/short 5:00pm If A Tree Falls film Dona Coroquinha

7:30pm Weird World of Blow- 7:00pm Sahkanaga w/short fly w/short film Bathing & The film Birth Day Single Girl

* Detailed listing on Page 11 RICHLAND CENTER SPRING GREEN VIROQUA

THURSDAY

7 :00pm Rythm of The River 8:00pm The River Why w/ 8:00pm An introduction to & American Players Theater FRIDAY short film If Only DFF @ Optimo Cafe Documentary

11:00am Sweet Little Lies w/ 12:00pm Bonsai People w/ short film Little Hero short film Behind

2:00pm Western Shorts 2:30pm Lovely By Surprise w/ Program short film Artspace

4:15pm Ash w/short film Birth 5:00pm Absence/Presence Day SATURDAY

8:00pm Fordson: Football, 7:00pm Unforgettable w/ Faith, and The American short film Artspace Dream

9:15pm Angels & Goblins

12:00pm Short Documen- tary Program *

1 :00pm Train To Nowhere w/ 2:30pm Where Soldiers Come 2:00pm Bonsai People w/ short film Mall Church From short film Behind SUNDAY 4 :00pm Wrestling For Jesus 5:00pm Valley Maker w/short w/short film Sheldon film Gates of Lodore

Weekday bonus screenings Oct. 10 -13! See back cover for info. special programs

ARCADIA BOOKS in SPRING GREEN OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM Will host Pre-Show panel dis- OCT.6, 7:00PM @ Mineral Point cussions before each Spring Wisconsin Premiere of the comedy Turkey Bowl plus a few of our best Green show, short films at this year’s fest -- and welcomes everyone to continue the Post-Show Q&As Power Trio, Behind, If Only, Artspace, Baden Krunk, discussions at the store! Zombie Bite Myth, Sheldon The Kitchen at Arcadia Books is open 7 days for coffee, An Introduction to DFF lunch, dinner, and midnight Friday Oct.7, 8:00 PM @ Optimo Cafe , VIROQUA snacks. Join us for a spirited community discussion of the Driftless Film Festival 102 East Jefferson Street and its vision for the region. Meet DFF founders and staff, watch a few 608-588-7638 short films, and of course enoy fine drinks and treats readinutopia.com provided by Optimo Cafe! Baden Krunk, Behind, Artspace, If Only, Sheldon, The Last Words of The Holy Ghost

Midwest Shorts Program Power Trio, SHC, The Violinist, Good Morning Beautiful, Alone Together, Depths of Dreams, & Dark Ways

Comedy & Zombie Shorts Program Baden Krunk, Campus Cops, Jack Goes Down Hard, Night of The Zombie Chicken, Zombie Bite Myth, Black Earth, Rigamortis: A Love Story

European Shorts Program Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik (Germany), Donkey (UK), When I Stand on the Moon (UK), Monika (Denmark)

Western Shorts Program Friend of The Devil, Ridin’ Down

Monika richland center Hotels The Center Lodge Hotel 100 Foundry Dr. Richland Center, the only incorporated community in Richland County, is situ- 608-647-8988 ated halfway between LaCrosse and Madison, within the Ocooch Mountain region of southwest Wisconsin. The Ocooch Mountains surround the area with high ridges and Ramada Richland Center unexpected rock outcroppings, hidden valleys with rushing creeks and deep maple 1450 Veterans Drive and pine woods, plus rivers, birds and wildlife. All of these features combine to create Hwy 14 East & Veterans Dr this unique and unforgettable landscape. 608-647-8869 The town also contains a large number of parks and historic buildings, including some constructed as early as 1850. Yet Richland Center is also home to many modern events, including the upcoming Driftless Film Festival. B&Bs

Jacquish Hollow Angler’s Inn B&B 32491 Jacquish South Rd 608-585-2239

Rembrandt & Rutabagas B&B Rich IN Architectural History 21945 Galway Road Richland Center, WI 53581 World renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in Richland Center in 1867. 608-647-2631 He returned to the city in 1915 to put his unique imprint on it. In that year, A.D. German, a wholesale grocer and coal dealer, asked Wright to design a warehouse. Wright created what is known as ‘The Warehouse’, an impressive red brick structure Dining topped by a high band of concrete frieze that shows Mayan influences. The building is on Church Street. Culver’s 2405 Hwy 14 E. The Richland Center City Municipal Auditorium was built in 1912. The Women’s 608-647-7790 Federated Council pushed the city council to be progressive and establish a place

of culture and governance. This is the first municipal auditorium (both theatre and Fiesta Fe government offices in one setting) in the state of Wisconsin. The dream is to fully 130 South Main Street renovate and restore the building. The Driftless Film Festival is being held in this 608-647-4732 nearly century old City Audito- rium. The Richland County Per- Mellem’s Fish House forming Arts Council (RCPAC) 1885 Allison Park Dr. was established to lead the 608 647-6557 restoration project. When com- pleted, the 800-seat auditorium Pine River Market & Cafe 196 W. Court St. will reopen as Richland Cen- 608-647-7299 ter’s Performing Art Center and will play host to a multitude of plays and performances by the local theatre troupe and other Outdoors groups.

The Downtown Historic Dis- The Pine River Recreation Trail trict is home to more than two is a 15-mile bike trail constructed on an abandoned railroad bed. dozen outstanding buildings The scenic trail follows the Pine constructed as early as 1850. River from Richland Center to Unique designs and styles of Lone Rock. Ride over 15 bridges the time periods reflect the with spans up to 240 feet. In- interests of the individual archi- cludes 4 ecosystems and longest curved bridge in WI. The trail is for tects. Walking tour brochures hiking, biking, and snowmobiling. available at the Visitor Center. There is no fee to use the trail.

Frank Lloyd Wright portrait, Source: Wikimedia Commons Hotels spring green House on the Rock Resort 5754 State Road 23 800-334-5275 Spring Green is equal parts artists’ community and down-to-earth farm Round Barn Lodge Highway 14 town, un-crowded open space and unpretentious, open people. It is 608-588-2568 Norman Rockwell, Edward Hopper and bit of hippie culture all rolled into Spring Valley Inn one. Frank Lloyd Wright saw all this and made the area his home. 6279 County Hwy. C 608-588-7828 Taliesin, a museum and education center where Wright once lived is a prime example of the creativity that shines throughout this area. Add Usonian Inn E5116 Hwy 14 to that one of the nation’s finest Shakespeare theaters, American 877-876-6426 Players Theatre, and the awe-inspiring House on the Rock and you have the foundation of an amazing experience. Dining Spring Green General Store 137 S. Albany St. 608-588-7070

The Shed TALIESIN 123 N. Lexington 608-588-9049 America’s premier architect and Wisconsin’s native son considered Spring Green his home, and he built and created an environment both beautiful and Round Barn Restaurant inspirational. Highway 14 608-588-2568 In partnership with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Inc., it is the mission of Rumble Seats Diner Taliesin Preservation, Inc. to conserve the masterful buildings and landscape Highway 14 of the Taliesin Estate, and to educate the public on the man, the architect, the 608-588-2924 architecture, and the ideas. Tours of the buildings and estate are available, and there is an onsite restaurant and shops. Attractions www.taliesinpreservation.org Cave of the Mounds 877-588-7900 National Natural Landmark: Discover Buried Treasure – Discover Fun. Guided tours daily. Open Year-Round. Fun for all ages. Park grounds available for events. Visitors also enjoy our american players theater www.americanplayers.org Gemstone Mine, Fossil Dig, Butterfly Gardens, Amazing Rock/Gift Shop, Hik- American Players Theatre is a professional, classic theater located just outside Spring ing/Biking Trails, Snack Bar and Picnic Area. Cave of the Mounds is located Green, Wisconsin. Situated on 110 acres of hilly woods and meadows, APT boasts two just 20 minutes from Spring Green, off U.S. Highways 18/151 theater spaces, an 1148-seat outdoor amphitheater and the 200-seat indoor Touch- 608-437-3038 stone Theatre. From June through October, APT produces eight plays in rotating repertory – five Up the The House on the Rock Hill and three in the It is a place of mystery and intrigue- a Touchstone Theatre. place where one person’s imagina- tion and dreams have become reality. Located near Spring Green, Wisconsin, the House on the Rock is a unique The 2011 Season place where memories of a lifetime runs through Octo- are truly made. Visionary architecture, eclectic collections and incredible ber 16 and includes stories await you at the House on the Rock Attraction, Alex Jordan’s imagi- The Taming of the nary, awe-inspiring man-made retreat. Shrew, Of Mice & 608-935-3639 Men, The Tempest, Glass Menagerie, and more. Box Office: 608-588-2361 Image courtesy of Carissa Dixon viroqua Hotels Hickory Hill Motel S5539 US Highway 14 608-637-3104

Midway Motel 850 N Main St 608-637-2929

Super 8 Viroqua Hwy 14 & 61 N 608-637-3100 1-800-501-0664

Dining Chilito Lindo 747 South Main Street 608-637-7005

Driftless Cafe 118 W. Court Street 608-637-7778

Photo by Richard Bock, Blue Orbit Studios Optimo Cafe 215 South Main Street 608-637-1912 october 8 - 2011 Abundant Life Viroqua Food Co-Op 609 North Main Street Viroqua, Wisconsin is one of the most 608-637-7511 beautiful and unique small cities in Wiscon- sin, if not in the entire nation. For a city of Shopping 4,400, Viroqua offers abundant choices in Viroqua Public Market entertainment, education, shopping and The market is anchored by the Satur- day morning Viroqua Farmer’s Market, healthcare. one of the best in the State! In addition the Public Market is home to: Listed on the State and National

Register of Historic Places, Viroqua’s down- VIVA Artists’ Collective town district is home to dozens of specialty shops. Viroqua is also the center of one of 10,000 Villages the greatest organic farming regions of the United States. Each Saturday in June through Bramble Books October, farmers and artisans from across the Street Fair countryside come into our historic district Woodhookers Antiques Art and food vendors, entertainment, square dancing, and music from Cannon-Ball and other bands! to sell their fruits, vegetables, art and other 12:00-Dark, Eckhart Park items at the farmers market. These are just a Gypsy Import-Export Parade few of the features that make Viroqua one of A human-powered spectacle featuring home-made floats, giant puppets, and spirted musical entertainments! 2 p.m., Main St. the principle shopping destination in South- and over one hundred other public market merchants! Pageant western Wisconsin. Larger-than-life puppets enact larger-than-life dramas! 3 p.m., Eckhart Park While in Viroqua for the DFF, take Square Dance time to check out the 2nd Annual Harvest Driftless Folk School presents the dance that everybody loves! 5:00 p.m., Eckhart Park Celebration! Featuring a parade, live music, fire circus artisans’ booths, dancing, fire juggling and A repeat engagement from the daring and unforgettable Infiamati Fire Circus! Dusk, Eckhart Park more! DFF’s Viroqua screenings will take place at Optimo Cafe on Main Street. WE NEED YOU! Vendors, puppet-makers, performers, musicians, 608-606-4809kids, adults.... all are welcomed with open arms. www.facebook.com/viroquaharvest Missed a Film? Catch a Weekday Bonus Screening! October 10-13 at select venues.

Monday Oct. 10

7:00PM, Mineral Point: Fordson: Faith, Football, and The American Dream

7:00PM, Platteville: Wrestling For Jesus w/short film Sheldon Tuesday Oct. 11

7:00PM, Platteville: If A Tree Falls Wednesday Oct. 12

7:00PM, Platteville: The Interruptors THURSDAY OCT.13

7:00PM, Platteville: Turkey Bowl w/short films Off Into Space & Artspace

2011 “Run a few rolls of film, next thing you know you’ve got yourself a tchotchke industry.” -- Maurice Minnefield.